Selecting files/directories

[djk]

I can't find one simple function in TC. I'm blind ot there is no such possiblity.
I can choose in configuration options if I want to select (gray+) only files or files and directories. That's ok. But I'd like to have another solution (like in Dos Navigator) - default to select only files, but with any other key (eg. Ctrl) - select files and directories.
It's very useful solution (at least for me ) cause I usually select only files but in some situations I also need to select directories.

[ghisler(Author)]

You can use Shift+End to select all files+dirs when standing on the first directory.

[djk]

You can use Shift+End to select all files+dirs when standing on the first directory.

That's true, it's a solution. Thanks.
Unfortunately if I had default (files+directories) in configuration - I would have to move to the first file to select only files (if there would be many subdirectories in the directory this would be a small problem)

[pdavit]

You can use Shift+End to select all files+dirs when standing on the first directory.

Is Shift+End bound to a specific internal command Christian? If yes how is it called?

[norfie]

[pdavit]

s Shift+End bound to a specific internal command Christian?

Shift+End is a standard windows shortcut (Shift marks and End jumps to end)

Hence, my question!

[norfie]

[pdavit]

Why do you asking? What is the reason for this question?

I was asking simply because if it was assigned to an internal command I would have missed it from my menu file that has the task of including all internal commands, visible on the menus!

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=62

[ghisler(Author)]

No, unfortunately it isn't - it's handled by the listbox control by itself, not by Total Commander.

[Valentino]

It'd be cool if besides cm_SelectAll we had one more command, say, cm_AltSelectAll, which would act opposite to cm_SelectAll (depending on configuration):

• if "Selection with Gray +" == "Select files only", cm_AltSelectAll == "Also select directoties";
  if "Selection with Gray +" == "Also select directoties", "Select files only".

[Hakarien]

A few years ago I already asked for something similar; my proposition was then:
With Ctrl-Gray + behave according to TC Setting (With or Without Dir)
Leave Ctrl-A for select all (like in Ms-Exploser)
I still belive it to be more simple than the above suggestions

[jb]

It'd be cool if besides cm_SelectAll we had one more command, say, cm_AltSelectAll, which would act opposite to cm_SelectAll (depending on configuration):

• if "Selection with Gray +" == "Select files only", cm_AltSelectAll == "Also select directoties";
  if "Selection with Gray +" == "Also select directoties", "Select files only".

I think a command like cm_AltSelectAll is a bad idea because commands and keyboard shortcuts should be two different layers where the shortcut layer depends on the function layer but not vice versa. Commands are user-invokable functions and each function should have a single simple purpose and a concise name expressing the purpose as clearly as possible. On the other side shortcuts are just key-combinations mapped to a command.

So I suggest the following TC commands:
cm_SelectAll : Select all files and directories
cm_SelectAllFiles : Select all files
(cm_SelectAllDirs : Select all directories)

Furthermore I suggest the following default keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+A -> cm_SelectAll (compliant with the Windows GUI standard)
Shift+Ctrl+A -> cm_SelectAllFiles

Ctrl+GreyPlus -> cm_SelectAll or cm_SelectAllFiles according to configuration "Selection (with Gray +)"
Shift+Ctrl+GreyPlus -> cm_SelectAllFiles or cm_SelectAll according to inverse of configuration "Selection (with Gray +)"

By the way:
Imagine that one day TC becomes scriptable and you write a script calling cm_SelectAll followed by cm_Delete among other things. Obviously the script should behave the same way for any user independent of the shortcut configuration.